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• Amazon resale package had dirty diapers in it, family says

  12-01-2020 23:57
  
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey family says they received used diapers from Amazon's delivery service.Nassly Sales said she was shocked to see diapers covered in what appeared to be fecal matter when she opened her Amazon package, WPIX-TV reportedon Friday.Sales said she purchases diapers for her two daughters each month from the online retail giant's Amazon Warehouse section, which sells returned items at a discounted rate. Amazon inspects and certifies all open-box products before resell
  
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• Sunshine and warm air will last through midweek

  12-01-2020 23:42
  
  TUCSON - High pressure to our east is allowing dry air and warmer temperatures to take over Southern Arizona.Plenty of sunshine will last through at least Wednesday.More clouds could head our way midweek, but no rain is expected to move in until late Thursday.
  Temperatures will begin to climb into the lower 70's starting Monday afternoon because of the south wind and sunshine.We will see another cool down headed our way after the rain chances end early Friday morning.
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• Trump, Pelosi square off ahead of impeachment trial

  12-01-2020 22:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced off Sunday ahead of his impeachment trial, as she said senators will "pay a price" for blocking new witnesses and he quickly retorted that she and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff should both testify.
  The House plans to vote this week to transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate for the historic trial on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over Trump's actions toward Ukraine. It wi
  
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• Defying police, Iranians protest over shot down plane

  12-01-2020 21:51
  
  Iranian demonstrators are defying a heavy police presence to protest Sunday night in Tehran over the Islamic Republic's days of denials that it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane and killed 176 people.Videos posted online Sunday night showed protesters shouting anti-government slogans and moving through subway stations and sidewalks.Many were near Azadi, or Freedom, Square after an earlier call for people to demonstrate there.
  Other videos suggested similar protests were taking place in other
  
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• Suit over Border Patrol detention conditions goes to trial

  12-01-2020 20:55
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A years-old lawsuit challenging detention conditions in several of the Border Patrol’s Arizona stations will go to trial Monday as the agency as a whole has come under fire following several migrant deaths.The lawsuit filed in 2015 applies to eight Border Patrol facilities in Arizona where attorneys say migrants are held in unsafe and inhumane conditions. A preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Court Judge David C. Bury in 2016 already requires the Tucson Sec
  
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• 8 horses found fatally shot in the Heber-Overgaard area

  12-01-2020 19:42
  
  HEBER-OVERGAARD, Ariz. (AP) — Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest officials say eight horses have been found fatally shot in the Heber-Overgaard area.They say the horses were found Friday with gunshot wounds by Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Law Enforcement investigators on the Black Mesa Ranger District along State Route 260 between Payson and Show Low.Forest law enforcement and the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the shootings.Last February, four dead horses were
  
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• Recovery begins after storms kill 11 in Midwest, South

  12-01-2020 19:24
  
  Thousands remained without electrical power Sunday morning after weekend storms ravaged parts of the Southeast and Midwest, causing 11 deaths, overturning cars, uprooting trees and reducing buildings to rubble.
  The National Weather Service says it was a tornado packing winds of at least 134 mph (215 kph) that hit Alabama's Pickens County on Saturday, killing three. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey praised the state's first responders Sunday in a statement expressing grief over the loss of life.
  "This morni
  
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• 2 stabbed at Christmas tree burning event in Fountain Hills

  12-01-2020 18:44
  
  FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say two men have been taken to the hospital after a stabbing at a Christmas tree burning event near Fountain Hills.Rural Metro Fire officials say a group was having a Christmas tree burning event in the area of Bush Highway and State Route 87 when a fight broke out Sunday morning.Two men sustained stab wounds during the altercation, but the severity of their injuries is unclear.The names and ages of the two men involved weren’t immediately rel
  
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• Person familiar with the decision tells AP the Cleveland Browns are hiring Vikings OC Kevin Stefanski as head coach

  12-01-2020 18:26
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Person familiar with the decision tells AP the Cleveland Browns are hiring Vikings OC Kevin Stefanski as head coach.
  The post Person familiar with the decision tells AP the Cleveland Browns are hiring Vikings OC Kevin Stefanski as head coach appeared first on KVOA.
  
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• Ex-drug company execs face reckoning in opioid bribery case

  12-01-2020 17:01
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The founder and former top employees of a pharmaceutical company are facing a reckoning for their role in a bribery scheme that prosecutors say boosted sales of a powerful, highly addictive painkiller and helped fuel the national opioid epidemic.Starting Monday, seven people who worked for Insys Therapeutics will appear in Boston to be sentenced by a federal judge.The case against company founder John Kapoor and his associates was considered the first that sought to hold an o
  
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• Volcano erupts near Manila; villagers flee, airport closes

  12-01-2020 16:51
  
  TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) - A small volcano near the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and forcing Manila's international airport to shut down.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Taal Volcano in Batangas province south of Manila blasted steam, ash and pebbles up to 10 to 15 kilometers (6 to 9 miles) into the sky in a dra
  
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• Tryout goalie sparks Roadrunners to win

  12-01-2020 08:53
  
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  LOVELAND, CO - Rookie goaltender Tyler Parks earned first star of the game honors Saturday night, turning away 31 of Colorado’s 33 attempts in a 4-2 victory for the Roadrunners.After signing a professional tryout Friday morning and making his American Hockey League debut Friday night in Tucson's 5-1 loss to the Eagles, Parks made his first AHL start Saturday for the Roadrunners.Andy Miele scored a pair of goals allowing the Roadrunners to spilt the two-g
  
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• Pima Basketball Report: January 11

  12-01-2020 07:55
  
  Tucson, AZ -- It was another home sweep Saturday for the Pima College women's and men's basketball programs as the Aztecs took down Chandler-Gilbert.Women's BasketballNo. 18 ranked Pima rallied from nine points down in the third quarter Saturday afternoon and went on to beat Chandler-Gilbert 77-60 at the West Gymnasium.
  The Aztecs (12-4, 6-3 in ACCAC) have won eight of their last nine games.Pima trailed the Coyotes (8-8, 4-5) 33-24 two possessions into the game's second half. The Aztecs though w
  
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• Hundreds paint Stars of Hope at Christina Taylor Green Park

  12-01-2020 04:02
  
  TUCSON-An organization created in memory of those lost in the January 8th shooting hosted events throughout the city Saturday.
  Beyond Tucson was founded by Ross Zimmerman whose son Gabe was tragically killed on January 8th, 2011 along with five other people. The group works to promote public health and unite the community by bringing people together for outdoor activities.. Hundreds gathered at the Christina Taylor Green Park to paint Stars of Hope.
  "Kindness comes in many forms, whether you're
  
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• California sends earthquake response experts to Puerto Rico

  12-01-2020 03:47
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is sending 31 disaster specialists to Puerto Rico after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the island's southern coast on Saturday, the latest in a series of quakes over the past week that have toppled homes and schools and left more than 4,000 people in shelters. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the deployment comes in response to the Puerto Rican government's request for assistance.
  The ground in southwest Puerto Rico has been shaking since Dec. 28, with more than 1,1
  
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• Firefighter dies as Australia works on long-term battle plan

  12-01-2020 03:38
  
  BURRAGATE, Australia (AP) - A firefighter was killed by a falling tree while battling the Australian wildfire crisis overnight and the prime minister on Sunday said his government was adapting and building resilience to the fire danger posed by climate change.Bill Slade - one of the few professionals among mainly volunteer brigades battling blazes across southeast Australia - died on Saturday near Omeo in eastern Victoria state, Forest Fire Management Victoria Executive Director Chris Hardman sa
  
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• ASARCO strike marks 90 days

  12-01-2020 03:28
  
  SAHUARITA - The ASARCO strike hit day 90 Saturday afternoon.
  "Five properties, seven unions and 90 days too many," Karla Schumann, the secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 104 said.
  On the pickett line, ASARCO employees welcomed Southern Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva, California Congressman Jimmy Gomez and union leaders from Southern California."They are standing up for us," Rep. Grijalva said. "By standing up and demanding a multi-national corporation like Group Mexico, that they respond
  
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• Legislator who resigned amid probe to run for county office

  12-01-2020 02:07
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona state Rep. David Stringer is running for office again, just nine months after the Republican lawmaker resigned amid an ethics investigation of 1983 sex charges and comments he made on race and immigration.Stringer announced his candidacy on Friday night for Yavapai County attorney, an office now held by a longtime Republican whom he accused of wasting tax dollars by locking up low-level offenders.When he resigned March 27, Stringer faced possible expulsion for
  
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• Ducey confident in his vision as legislative session looms

  12-01-2020 00:34
  
  PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey appears supremely confident in the direction he's set for the state as he heads into his sixth year in office and prepares to present his annual State of the State address Monday.The Republican governor is quick to push back on any question that he's fallen short of fixing the major issues he faced when he assumed office in 2015 - including a woefully underfunded K-12 education system, a massive budget deficit and myriad other financial issues plaguing stat
  
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